Tag: blasphemy
Pakistan: Pakistan hands out cash to Christians who lost homes in rioting over alleged desecration of Quran
MULTAN: Pakistani authorities on Monday handed out thousands of dollars to nearly 100 Christian families whose homes were destroyed or damaged by a Muslim mob…
More than 80 Christian homes, 19 churches vandalised; Pakistani brothers arrested for blasphemy riots
NEW DELHI: Pakistani police have arrested two Christian brothers accused of blasphemy two days after a Muslim mob burnt churches and houses, blaming the two…
Pak police arrest 2 main suspects involved in attacks on churches, homes of Christians
Lahore: Pakistani police have arrested two prime suspects involved in the unprecedented attacks on 21 churches and nearly three dozen homes of the minority Christian…
‘Punish blasphemers’: Why Muslim mobs burned churches, destroyed Christian homes in Pakistan
NEW DELHI: A violent mob of Pakistanis torched at least five churches and vandalised houses of those belonging to the Christian community in a day-long…
Pakistan to try blasphemy suspects under terrorism charges too; deal signed with radical Islamic group TLP
LAHORE: Succumbing to the demands of a radical Islamist party, the Pakistan government has agreed to try blasphemy suspects under terrorism charges in addition to…
Hours before his arrest, Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan got bail in multiple cases
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Tuesday approved former premier Imran Khan‘s interim bail pleas for multiple cases, hours before the PTI chief was…
Iran: Iran hangs 2 in rare blasphemy case as executions surge
DUBAI: Iran hanged two men Monday convicted of blasphemy, authorities said, carrying out rare death sentences for the crime as executions surge across the Islamic…
Chinese national arrested on blasphemy charges in Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Pakistani police arrested a Chinese national on blasphemy charges after he allegedly insulted Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, authorities said Monday. Under Pakistan‘s controversial…
Wikipedia again up and running as Pakistan lifts ban on site
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan lifted its ban on Wikipedia services before dawn Tuesday, after the country’s media regulator blocked the site last week for not removing purportedly…